Aleksey Arakcheyev

Aleksey Andreyevich Arakcheyev (4 October 1769-3 May 1834) was a general of the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Aleksey Arakcheyev was born in Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire in 1769, and his military career started after Czar Paul I of Russia sought after Arakcheyev as an artillery officer. On 7 November 1796, he became commander of the Saint Petersburg garrison, and he also served as Inspector of the Artillery and General-Quartermaster. Arakcheyev handled the supplying of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars, during which Russia fought against Napoleon's well-prepared Grande Armee. During the French invasion in 1812, Arakcheyev oversaw recruitment and management of army supplies, introducing several useful military reforms. Due to Arakcheyev's close friendship with Czar Alexander I of Russia, he boasted that complaints about him could only be made to God. After the death of Czar Alexander in 1825, Arakcheyev lost all of his government positions, and he lived in exile at his estate until his 1834 death.